Validity of WHO's near-miss approach in a high maternal mortality setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the validity of WHO's near-miss approach in a low-resource, high maternal mortality setting.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, the main referral hospital of Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 1 April 2017 until 31 December 2018.

Population

All women, pregnant or until 42 days after the end of pregnancy, admitted at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, the tertiary referral hospital in Zanzibar.

Methods

Cases of maternal morbidity and mortality were evaluated according to WHO's near-miss approach. The approach's performance was determined by calculating its accuracy through sensitivity, specificity and positive and negative likelihood ratios. The approach's validity was assessed with Pearson's correlation coefficient between the

SUBMITTER: Herklots T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6522045 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature